Improvement in guards for harness-buckles



T. P. KEMP. Guard for Harness-Buokles.

Patented Jan. 8,'187-8.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

THOMAS P. KEMP, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN` GUARDS FOR'IHARNESS-BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,946, dated January8, 1878 application iiled october 13, 1877;

' To'all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS P. KEMP, of Lawrence, in the county of Essex`and Oommonwealth of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Guards for Harness-Buckles., not known or used before,of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

The letter A represents my improved guard, l

having a loop'at its top designed to claspa strap, and a metallic stripat its tongue end g B, a strap; C, abuckle; D, aloop; E, a strap,

to which a buckle is secured; and F, ametallic strip attached to theguard-tongue, and

designed to aid in inserting the tongue within the loop.

In carrying out my invention I apply the guard A by passing its loopover the strap of a harness, leaving the tongue of the guard to passover the buckle O and into the loop D.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentf 1. The combination, with aA harness-buckle and strap,of the adjustable buckle-guard, arranged substantially as shown, for thepurpose stated.

2. The buckle-guard A, provided with the metallic strip F, for thepurpose set forth.

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